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Re: Can I use "Check" programs, instead of scripts?

Subject: Re: Can I use "Check" programs, instead of scripts?
From: Peter Bierman <email@hidden>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 11:32:47 -0800

At 1:20 PM -0800 11/21/05, Scott Fraser wrote:

I'm using PackageMaker (v2.1 (122)) to create an installer. I'm trying to use a compiled tool, rather than a script, for the InstallationCheck and VolumeCheck.

Others have answered why they aren't being run and how to get them to run, but I want to comment on the question in the subject line...

You _can_ use executable binaries for the various tools, but you should avoid it if you can. Your package might be opened on any release of Mac OS X past and future, from 10.0 to Mac OS 20 (someday.)

A well written shell script is a lot more likely to work on systems in the past and in the future.

-pmb
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